Unity ARP

The Lord’s Day ~ November 2, 2008

The Preparation for Worship

Let us prepare our hearts for the worship of God.

“When they saw Him, they worshiped Him.” (Matthew 28:17)

Prelude

Silent Prayer

Welcome and Announcements

The Adoration of God

Call to Worship: Psalm 111:1-2 “Praise the LORD! I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. The works of the LORD are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them.”
*Psalm of Praise - Psalm 111

Speaker: The LORD is in His holy temple,
All: Let all the earth keep silence before Him. (Habakkuk 2:20)

*The Invocation and Lord’s Prayer

*The Hymn of Exaltation - Hymn 38
(Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise)

The Responsive Reading - Psalm 111 (p. 826)

*The Gloria Patri - Hymn 735

The Confession of Sin

The Call to Repentance - Hebrews 12:17-24

For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore. (For they could not endure what was commanded: “And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.” And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”) But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant
The Prayer of Confession (after silent confession)

All: O LORD, You have searched me and You know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue You know it completely, O LORD. You hem me in–behind and before; You have laid your hand upon me. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. In Christ’s name. Amen. (Psalm 139)
The Assurance of Pardon - Romans 3:21-22 “But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe.”

*The Hymn of Gratitude - Hymn 486, (vv.1-4)
(God, Be Merciful to Me)

The Means of Grace

The Pastoral Prayer

The Worship of Giving

*The Doxology - Hymn 731

The Prayer of Illumination

The Scripture - Isaiah 40:12-17

The Sermon - Measuring Oceans, Weighing Mountains

The Response and Blessing

*The Hymn of Consecration - Hymn 710
(God of Our Fathers)

*The Benediction

* Congregation Standing

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